03558oam 2200709I 450 991044988050332120210113161452.01-134-60764-41-280-22474-697866102247460-203-99230-X10.4324/9780203992302 (CKB)1000000000002317(EBL)243164(OCoLC)475963147(SSID)ssj0000142386(PQKBManifestationID)11148412(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142386(PQKBWorkID)10096221(PQKB)10494545(MiAaPQ)EBC243164(OCoLC)51036161(EXLCZ)99100000000000231720180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEarly modern witches witchcraft cases in contemporary writing /[compiled by] Marion GibsonLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-21580-3 0-415-21579-X Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-322) and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Editions used; Editorial practice; Sources for students; Introduction; 1 The Examination and Confession of certaine Wytches (1566); 2 The Examination of John Walsh (1566); 3 A Rehearsall both straung and true (1579); 4 A Detection of damnable driftes (1579); 5 Richard Galis, A brief treatise (1579); 6 W.W., A true and just Recorde (1582); 7 The severall factes of Witch-crafte (1585); 8 The Apprehension and confession of three notorious Witches (1589); 9 A Most Wicked worke of a wretched Witch (1592)10 'A memoriall of certaine most notorious witches' (1595)11 'The severall practises of Johane Harrison and her daughter' (1606); 12 The Witches of Northamptonshire (1612); 13 Thomas Potts, The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches (1612); 14 Witches Apprehended (1613); 15 The Wonderful Discovery of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Phillip Flower (1619); 16 Henry Goodcole, The wonderfull discoverie of Elizabeth Sawyer, a Witch (1621); Bibliography and further reading; IndexThis collection of pamphlets describes fifteen English witchcraft cases in detail, vividly recreating events to give the reader the illusion of actually being present at witchcraft accusations, trials and hangings. But how much are we victims of literary manipulation by these texts? The pamphlets are presented in annotated format, to allow the reader to decide. Some of the texts appear in print for the first time in three centuries, whilst others are newly edited to give a clearer picture of sources.16th century17th centuryEnglandHistoryWitchcraftWitchcraft - England - History - 16th century - SourcesElectronic books.16th century.17th century.England.History.Witchcraft.Witchcraft - England - History - 16th century - Sources.133.430942133.43094209031Gibson Marion1970-911901AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910449880503321Early modern witches2293119UNINA